Florida GOP Suspends Chairman Christian Ziegler Amid Rape Investigation

Ziegler, who denies the allegations, faces potential removal in future vote; wife Bridget Ziegler also under pressure to resign from Sarasota School Board.

Florida's Republican Party has suspended its chairman, Christian Ziegler, and demanded his resignation amid an ongoing rape investigation.
Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship.
The party's executive committee will hold another vote in the future on whether to remove Ziegler.
Ziegler has not been charged with a crime and maintains that the encounter was consensual.
The accusation has also caused turmoil for Bridget Ziegler, an elected member of the Sarasota School Board, who is facing calls to resign.